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WHIP SOCKET.

(No Model.)

Patented June 12, 1883.

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Wi li-599KB- for rningpart of ,Ii ette rs Patent No. 279,282, dated June .12, Application filedOctober ,0, 1852. (No model.)

To aZZ whom/ it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Anson Snnnns, of Newark, county of Essex, S tate of New Jersey, and a citizen of the United States, have invented in an Improvement in Whip-Sockets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a whip-socket, and more particularly to devices in connection therewith for holding the rubber ring in the mouth of the socket and my invention con sists in the devices hereinafter particularly described, and more at length recited in the claims.

Figure 1 is a vertical central sectional view of the upper portion of a whip-socket containing my invention, on the line a: m, Fig. 3. Fig. 2 is a similar view of.the same on the line y g Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a plan of the socket.

Figs. 4, 5, and 6 said socket.

A represents a whip -socket, and B the notched rubber ring in the mouth of the socket, and now in general use to sustain the whip tightly in the mouth of the socket. My present invention relates, particularly, to the devices employed to hold the said rubber ring in its place in the mouth of the socket. My invention consists, primarily, in the hooks G, which I arrange, with downwardly -turned ends, upon the interior of the rim of the mouth of the socket, together with the slots 1), cut transversely of the rubber ring in the perimeare detail views of parts of ter thereof. (Seen plainly in Fig. 6.) The slots D in the ring are made coincident with the hooks C, so that when the ring is passed flatwise into the mouth of the socket and the hooks turned downwardly, as described, the hooks will pass into and through the slots. The hook ends are then turned outwardly below the under face of the ring, toward the in ner wall of the socket. By means of these described devices I secure the rubber ring in the mouth of the socket in an effective and inexpensive manner, while at the same time the ring is given its full elastic play, and may also turn downward upon the hooks, when a' whip-stock is introduced into the socket, the slotted perimeter of the ring working freely on the hooks, and likewise turningupward when the whip-stock is withdrawn, so that the liability of the ring to wear or be torn out of the'socket at its line of union with the socket is-obviated; i i I In fabricating my improvement- I find it preferable to strike or cut from a sheet of metal by means of suitable dies the disk b, (shown in Fig. 5,) with its curved or horseshoeshaped annular flange b, then, by means of another die, to cut or stamp from the disk I the inwardly-radiating pointsor hook-b1anks c, (seen in Fig. 4,) so that a ring, I), which is substantially of horseshoe form in cross-section is constituted, with said hook-blanks c projecting inwardly thereof from the under edge of the ring. This ring is adapted to be fitted upon the open end or mouth of the socket, and to be there soldered or otherwise held in place. The rubber ring B being now introduced, as hereinbefore described, and the hookblanks being downwardly turned, they constitute the hooks O, for holding said rubber ring, as specified. Ifind this method of fabricating preferable in economy and effectiveness, and it also secures a handsome finish to the end of the socket. By means of this ring I), carrying thehooks G, I also am enabled to secure for the outer rim of the rubber ring B a bearing against the lower or downwardlyproject-ing edge, b", of the ring 1) within the open end of the socket, as seen in Figs. 1., 2, and 3. The rubber ring isheld by the hooks C so that its upper surface, somewhat back from the rim, rests against the edge II of the ring I). I am thus enabled to obtain all the advantages of a groove. in the socket in which the rubber ring is sometimes held, without any of the objectionable consequences of the use of such groove. I find it desirable when the ring I) is employed, as shown, to fabricate upon the inner edge of the ring the projections or lugs d, arranged intermediate to the hooks C. These lugs are bent downward and outward, and passlugs may be soldered to the socket or otherwise secured. Vhen a wooden socket is employed in connection with the metal ring 1), these lugs (I may be turned and driven into the wood of the socket. They thus serve to sustain and hold the ring b and'its hooks O in place on the socket end.

I do not intend to limit myself to the use of the ring I) as a means of mounting the hooks Gin the mouth of the socket. Any other suitable meanssuch as making the hooks each in a separate piece and securing them independently in the socket, or forming them on a metal strip and fastening said strip on the inside of the socket, or forming them from the material of the socket itself at the open end thereofmay 'be employed. I

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a whip-socket, the combination therewith of hooks 0, arranged interiorly of the mouth of the socket, and the rubber ring B, having slots Din its'perimeter and coincident with said hooks, as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a whip-socket, the combination, with the socket-barrel, of the flanged ring 1), adapted to be secured to the mouth of the socket, and carrying the hooks 0, together with the rubber ring B, having the transverse slots D, all constructed and arranged to operate as and for the purpose specified.

3. Ina whip-socket, the flanged ring 1), car: rying the hooks O, and provided with the lugs (1, adapted to fit upon and be secured'to the mouth of the socket, together with the rubber ring 13, having slots D, constructed substantially as and for the purpose specified.

ANSON SEAR-LS.

\Vitnesses GEO. W. BEEBEE, A. G. N. VERMILYE. 

